The federal government’s new guidance on the use of public rest rooms by transgender people will not affect the safety or privacy of any child in a Wilkes County school, the superintendent said Monday. More...

This spring’s Washington Rotary Club Auction could be the biggest and best ever with repeats of popular past items and more new items as each club member is charged with coming up with their own special offering. More...

Wilkes County voters are faced with some hard choices to be made in the primary elections this month. Election Day is officially May 24, but early voting has already begun and record numbers of voters are turning out ahead of the game. More...

If we were to look back on the 2016 elections from some time in the future, it may be apparent that the 2016 presidential campaign was when the two political parties truly lost their grip on the American people. More...

A memorial service will be held for Mabel Lewis Ware Johnson, 101, on Saturday, May 21, at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Washington. The service will be conducted by Rev. Albert Huyck, Rev. Bob Murphy, and Rev. Kevin Madden. More...

It may not be easy to figure how to vote in the May 24 General Primary/ Special Election, but at least the community can once again gather in the Superior Court courtroom to see voting returns tallied on a big screen as they come in. More...

Groundbreaking for the transformation of the former Georgia Pre-Release Center just south of Washington is set for sometime in September and the facility’s opening by the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) is expected one year later in 2017. More...

With this year’s expanded Freedom Fireworks Extravaganza only a few weeks away, the Washington Wilkes Chamber of Commerce is reaching out to the community to raise excitement and anticipation for the event, and to raise sponsorships and donatio More...

In the balloting for the May 24 general primary and special election, Wilkes County voters are encountering, in addition to the candidates running for office, ballot questions related to partisan issues that have been discussed in recent Georgia legi More...

The annual opening of local swimming pools is on track for Memorial Day weekend. The city pool at Reese Booker Park and the pool at the Washington Wilkes Country Club will both open Memorial Day weekend for the summer, and both will offer swimm More...

Lisa Dozier (right), an employee in the Wilkes County Tax Commissioner’s office, told the Washington Rotary Club about the functions and responsibilities of the tax commissioner, explaining tha More...

The First Baptist Church of Washington invites any high school or college student who is a resident of Wilkes County and is majoring in or intends to major in the area of fine arts to apply for the Troupe M. Harris Jr. More...

The Washington-Wilkes Parks and Recreation Department has announced spring and summer activities scheduled as follows: BASKETBALL CAMP Basketball Camp at the W-WPRD gymnasium will begin June 20. More...

The hunt has begun for freshwater bass as Clarks Hill Partnership is holding a fishing competition through June 30. Known as Fish Clarks Hill Lake, the competition will require competitors to upload all catches to Facebook. More...

Abby Smith graduated cum laude from Piedmont College in Demorest with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in commencement exercises at the Mize Center Saturday, April 30. Prior to her graduation, she was honored at the Pinning Ceremony on April 28 More...

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bailey of Washington and Mr. and Mrs. James Walters of Elberton announce the engagement of their daughter, Lynsey Michelle Walters, to Joshua Stokes of Watkinsville, son of Sheila Lattimore, also of Watkinsville. More...